The Sun. — London, England, 1864-05-13 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMEr. 2 - HOUSE OF LORDS—Last Evening, The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat at the timid. hour. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Portmadoc and Beaverpool Bridge Road Bill was read a second time. The Hayling Bay Company, the Millwall Canal Wharfs and Graving Docks, Durham University, and the Edge ware, Highgate, and London Railway bills were read ES. third time and passed. KIDNAPPING IN THE UNITED STATES. The Earl of ELLENBO ROUGH drew the attention c,f the noble earl the Secretary for Foreign Affairs to the Wt.- na pping of subjects of her Majesty in New York for the purpose of enlisting in the army of the United States. It was a subject of very serious moment, because men were compelled to take up arms in America without the slightest disposition on their part for such a pur pose. The persons kidnapped were mostly sailors, and one case had occurred in which a surgeon sent a sailor on shore to get a bath. He was inveigled to a place where he was drugged, and he was not allowed to come to himself until his ship had sailed, and then he found himself dressed in the United States uniform. He could not suppose her Majesty's Government was ignorant of the proceedings, and he wished to ask what step had been taken to protect her Majesty's subjects from such a monstrous system. Earl RUSSELL said that the bounty paid by the United States Government for each man enlisted was as much as 600 dollars, and unfortunately this was an induce ment to unprincipled persons to drug or otherwise keep in their possession sailors or other persons until they could get them to enlist, and thus profit by the bounty. He was sorry to say that although Lord Lyons had complained to the American authorities, he had not yet received any satisfac tory statement on the subject. It was the intention of her Majesty's Government to make the strongest remonstrance possible in order to put an end to the disgraceful practice alluded to, REGISTRATION OF COUNTY VOTERS (IRE- L ND) BILL. This bill passed through committee. LOCAL GOVERNMENT SUPPLEMENTAL BILL, This bill was read a second time. - LINDER SECRETARIES INDEMNITY BILL. This bill was read a second time. COMMON LAW PROCEDURE (IRELAND) ACT AMENDMENT BILL. This bill passed through committee and was reported with an amendment. PROMISSORY NOTES AND BILLS OF EX CHANGE (IRELAND) BILL. This bill was read a third time and passed. CUSTOMS AND INLAND REVENUE BILL. This bill was read a third time and passed. AGRARIAN OUTRAGES IN IRELAND. The Marquis of WESTMEATH moved that an humble address be presented to her Majesty for a copy of any me roorial received by the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland or the Irish Government, framed for the release of Michael Degan, Patrick Degan, and Patrick Egan, three prisoners confined in the county gaol of Weatmeath, convicted at the Summer Assizes of 1562 of agrarian offences, or any of them, and of any written communication forwarding the same and recommending their enlargement to the Irish Government. Earl GRLkNVILLE vindicated the conduct of the Irish Government, and contended that the course which had been pursued in this instance was perfectly regular. The remis sion of punishment which had taken place in the case of these three men was with the assent of the judge by whom they had been tried. He had no objection to preduce the memorial referred to, but he could not consent to give the other papers asked fer, which were of a confidential character. The Earl of DONOrGIIMORE censured the Lord Lieutenant for having remitted the punishment of these men without having consulted the magistracy of the county of Westmeath. He wanted to know the grounds on which the Viceroy had acted. It was said he had acted under a political pressure placed upon him by the hon. member for Westmeath. Earl GRANVILLE said it would be inconvenient to produce any correspondence which had passed between the Lord Lieutenant and the judge who tried these persons. The Earl of DERBY thonght the motion involved nothing unreasonable, and hoped that the house would assent to it. They had a right to bo satisfied that the re mission of these men's sentence had taken place on public grounds. Lord VAITX opposed, and Earl GREY supported the motion. Earl GRANVILLE believed there was no foundation for the rumour that political influence had been brought to bear in this case. He would produce not only the memorial, but any letters which had been sent to the Lord Lieutenant ; but he could not lay on the table any confidential commu nications which had been made by the judge, or any others of a private character. After some further discussion the motion was agreed to. The house then adjourned. HOUSE OF C MIXON S—L as t Evening. The SPEAKER. took the chair at 4 o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following bills were read a third time and passed : Aberystwith and Welsh Coast Railway, Anglesey Central Railway, Bolton Gas, Great Eastern Railway (Highbeech Branch), Kent Coast Railway, Mersey Docks and Harbour Beard, North Western Railway, Portpatrick Railway, Torbay and Brigham Railway, Wallasey Embankment, Wrexham, Mold, and Connah's Quay Railway. THE AFFAIRS OF DENNIA.RK. Mr. BRIGHT presented a petition from the Birmingham Committee on Foreign Affairs, praying the house to refuse its sanction to any act haring reference to the affairs of Denmark based on the treaty of 1852: RIOTS IN EDINBURGH. In reply to Mr. CAIRD, The LORD ADVOCATE said that there had been much exaggeration relative to the riots that had taken place inEdinburgh,arising out of the sale and selAure of furniture under the name of a police rate under an act passed in 1860, levied to pay the stipend of the city clergy. There was no intention to make any alteration in the existing law. THE TRAFFIC AT PARK-LINE. Gen. BUCKLEY asked whether some means could not be adopted to prevent the dangerous traffic that exists at Park-lane into Piccadilly ? Mr. CO SUER said that two policemen had been placed in the neighbourhood to prevent as far as they could any danger arising from the excess of traffic in Park-laue, which was all that could be done at present. Gen. BUCK LEY said he had spoken to a policeman on the spot, and he said he had no orders. Mr. COWPER said the only real plan was to widen Park-lane or to make a new street through Hamilton place, He (Mr. Cowper) had nothing to do with the pro lefty, as it did not belong to the Crown. Application should be made to the Board of Works.: Gen. DUCE: LEY then addressed his question to the Secretary of the Home Department. Sir G. GREY said he was not the representative of the Metropolitan Board of Works. (A. laugh, and cries of "Divide.") Mr. TITE said he had no right to speak authoritatively, but, as a member of the Board of Works, he migt.t state that the subject was under the consideration of the board, who would do all in their power to remove the present ob. struction. THE KERTCH PRIZE MONEY. Mr. J. EWART asked the Paymaster- General when the distribution of the parliamentary grant to the troops con cerned in the Kertch expedition would take place ? Mr. HUTT said he had every reason to believe that the distribution would take place shortly. THE SLAVE TRADE. Mr. TORRENS asked the Under Secretary of State for foreign Affairs, when th e correspondence (Class A) with th e British commissioner s at Sierra Leone, Havana, the Cape of Good hdope, New Y or k , and Loanda, w i t h British naval o ff icers relative to the slave the reports of trade, and t h e correspondence ( c l ass B), with British ministers in foreign countries, and foreign ministers in England on the same subject, would b e l a i d upon the table. Mr. LAYARD said he hoped he would be able to have the documents in question ready on the day after the meet. jug of Parliament. NIGHT SCHOLARS. Ili". W. E. FORSTER asked the Vice-President of the Committee of Council on Education, whether any Me ru ,. tions had been issued by the committee demanding sixty ' attendances from night scholars, before examination for capitation grant, instead of 24 attendances, tne number fixed in Art. 40 of the Revised Code. Mr. BRUCE said there had been no such instructions. He explained the nature of the alterations that had been made. THE IRON PLATE COMMITTEE. Mr. H. TRACY asked the Secretary to the Admiralty whether it was true that the Iron Plate Committee were about to terminate their labours ; and, if so, whether the Admiralty would have any objection to lay the report of their proceedings on the table of the house. Lord C. PAGET said the committee, as soon as they had terminated their inquiry, would cease t o ex i st. There would be no objection to la y th e i r reports on the table, but as there woulol be four bulky volumes, with sketches, he would lay half a dozen copies in the library for inspection, and if it was thought necessary to print them he should offer no objection, ENDOWED SCHOOLS. Mr. ADDERLEY asked the Vice-President of the Com mittee of Connell on Education how soon the return of the number of endowed schools receiving grants would be pre sented ; and whether the Government would be prepared, on Monday after Whitsuntide, to fix the day for discussing his motion for the withdrawal of the minutes of May 19 and March 11, Mr. BRUCE was sorry he could give no definite answer on the question. PUBLIC MEETINGS IN PARKS. Mr. WHALLEY asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the instructions to the police as to public meetings in the parks, whether he con • sidered such instructions justified the suppression of public meetings other than such as may be held on a Sunday. Sir G. GREY said the instructions of the police did justify them in acting as they did. It was obvious that large political meetings in the parks must interfere with the objects for which the parks were set asile, and with the comfort and recreation of the people. THE MALT TAX: Mr. NEATE asked Mr. Morritt whether it was his in tention to bring forward his notice on the malt tax to morrow. Mr. MORRITT said he should bring it in to-morrow. He should bring it in as early as possible, but he thought he should not bring it in after four o'clock in the morning, MR. REEVES' CASE. Mr. NEWDEGATE asked the tinder Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether, in the mediation with Brazil, care would be taken to secure some redress for Mr. Reeves, a British subject, who has been deprived of a large slim of money in a lawsuit with a Brazilian; whether her Majesty's Government had received information from the British Consul of Rio, of the recent dismissal of seven of the judges of the same tribunals for corruption, not connected with Mr. Reeves' case ; and, whether any step had yet been taken to punish the Under-Secretary of the Brazilian Mini. try of Justice, who wrote letters to the judges, asking them to vote against the Englishman, Mr. Reeves, and of whose conduct complaints were made by the British Minister, by order of Earl Russell. Mr. LAYARD said it was only within the last three days that the Government were informed the Emperor of the Brazils had consented to the mediation of the Kir g o f Portugal. With regard to the other questions the rdovern ment had received no official informatien. COMMITTEE OF COUNCIL.—INSPECTORS' REPORTS. The reF,olution adopted by the 'new on the 12th of April, with respect to the form in which the reports of the educe clonal inspectors had been presented to Parliament having been read by the cl , srk at the table, Sir G. GREY said ha could net help thinking that the house had acted upon a misapprehension in coming to its vote on the 12th of April. The right hon. gentleman the late Vice- President of the Council on Education had offered explanations upon that subject which showed that he had only discharged the legitimate duties of his office, and it appeared to be the unanimous belief of the house that no reflection rested on the right hon. gentleman's per sonal honour. But it was the earnest and the very natural desire of the noble earl at the head of the Council and •f the officers of his department that their conduct should undergo the most thorough investigation; and under these circumstances he (Sir G. Grey) had to move that a select committee be appointed to inquire into the practice of the Committee of Council on Education with respect to the reports of her ➢Majesty's inspectors of schools." The right hon. baronet the member for Droitwich had given notice of an addition to that motion, which would extend the in quiries of the proposed committee to the whole constitution of the Council on Education, But if it was desirable to adopt a proposal of that description it was manifest that it would deserve to be made the subject of :a special inquiry. The motion of which he had given notice related to a spe cific question, and he hoped that the house would not con sent to allow its consideration to be swamped and overlaid by the discussion of a very different and a much wider topic, Sir J. PAKINGTON said he had no wish to embarrass or impede the inquiry proposed by the right hon. baronet, and he would readily consent that if the committee should be appointed they should, in the first instance, investigate and report upon the special subject to which the motion was directed. But he believed that their labours might after wards be extended with great advantage. A feeling of dis satisfaction prevailed throughout the country with the mode in which the business of the Committee on Education was conducted. He did not himself wonder at the existence of that feeling. The Committee on Education consisted of a number of officers, among whom the controlling authority seemed to be so indefinitely distributed that no one knew who was responsible for any course of policy which that board might pursue. He should himself be glad to find the power of directing our system of national education concen trated in a special educational minister, and until a measure for that purpose should be passed he would recommend that any orders issued by that department should be laid before Parliament at the commencement of each session, so that they might undergo the earliest and the fullest con sideration that might be deemed advisable. Mr. H. A. BRUCE expressed a hope that the house would confine the inquiries of the committee to the special object which had induced the Government to move for its appointment. lie deprecated the spirit of suspicion with which every act of the Committee of Council was regarded. He begged to assure them that that department was con ducted by men of honour, who were only anxious to dis charge to the best of their ability the duties they had undertaken; and the growing improvement in our national education system showed that their labours had not been unsuccessful. Lord R. CECIL said hs felt it his duty to support the amendment. The Committee of Council appealed to that house for a decision on their conduct, and he believed that such a decision would be beat given after an inquiry into the general system on which the business of their office was conducted. The right hon. gentleman, the late Vice- President of the Committee on Education had exonerated himself from the charge of having unfairly tampered with the reports of the inspectors, but there was still reason to believe that those documents had not been presented in a legitimate shape to the house, and it was clearly desirable that some further information should be obtained upon that subject, and that if any unfair practices had been adopted the blame should be brought home to their real authors. Mr. OSBORNE was much inclined to agree with the right hon. baronet (Sir J. Pakington); for a system which had begun with an expenditure of £30,000 in 1839, and now cost £705,000 a year, was assuredly a proper subject for in • quiry; but he did not agree that this was the time or place for proposiag such an inquiry by way of a rider upon the motion of the Home Secretary. At the same time he thought that motion still more unfortunate and more ill-timed, be cause in the face of the recent explanations it was unjust to the late vice-president, and uncalled for by the house. He had hoped that the motion which had been carried by the noble lord on the 13th of April would have been rescinded ; and he thought that that was the proposal which her Ma jesty's Government would have prcposed. In point of fact his right hon. friend (Mr. Lowe) had received the sort of justice which used to be practised in the border counties, where they hung a man first and then tried him at their leisure. (A laugh.) Nothing could be more unjust or un fair than the treatment which the right hon. gentleman bad received, both from the house and her Majesty's Govern ment. What had taken place ? Three or four disloyal and discontented servants of the department dropped their accusations into the "lion's mouth," in this case repre sented by the noble lord the member for Stamford, who appeared to be neither an unwilling nor an unconscious recipient of those false and calumnious charges. Lord H. CECIL—I beg to move that the hon. member's words be taken down. Mr. OSBORNE—I repeat them—" false and calurr.,nlous charges." (Order.) Ido not say that the noble Lord has not retracted them. Lord R. CECIL—I have not retractPA them. Mr. OSBORNE—Then you o, :ght to have done. (Order.) Lord R. CECIL—The statements of the bon. gentleman are so strong that I may be permittel to explain. My motion was couched ii•gainst the committee of council ; as against them I retract not one syllable; but as regards the right hon. gentleman (Mr. Lowe), I believe that the charge did not apply personally to him. (Hear.) Mr. OiSBORNE—It is very well for the noble lord to say that now ; but I am sure the house will agree with me that the attack was made upon my right hon. friend personally, and that both the resolution and the speech of the noble lord were aimed at his character. (Order.) Mr. LONGFIELD—I rise to order, The hon. gentleman is referring to a speech in a recent debate, which is highly irregular. (Hear, hear.) Mr. OSBORNE—I am obliged to the hon. gentleman for throwing his shield over the noble lord, but the house will agree with me that the attack was upon the late Vice-Pre sident personally. These precious charges of these disloyal and discontenteA officials—l suppose I cannot be called to order for that—(e laugh) —were embodied in a resolution which was submitted to the house just before dinner. It was brought in at that unpropitious time when the propen sities of hyenas are most developed —(laughter, and cries of "Oh l")—at a time like the present when the noble lord wanted to settle the little account. Debate was suppressed, and amidst angry howls—(oh)—the house voted and dined. There was a majority of 109 against 93, and Lay right hon. friend was censured most unjustly and most unfairly. (Cheers.) But what is the course adopted by her Majesty's Government ? They come down four weeks after the thing has occurred, and say their honour is impugned ; but I think every one will agree that their honour cannot be very sensitive when it takes them four weeks to look into its Wounds, and when they are then content to leave it to a select committee, (Hear, hear.) On the 19th of April my right hon. friend came forward and made an explanation, which in the opinion even of his opponents was Sati s f ac t ory ; and I believe that if the Fi rs t Mi n i s t er h a d on th a t occasion risen in hi s pl ace and proposed to rescind the resolution, the motion would have been carried unanimously in this house. (Hear, hear.) I cannot give my support either to the moti ,n of the Home Secretary or to the amendment of the right hon. baronet ; but if an opportunity should occur, will test the matter b y moving that the re s oluti on o f t h e 12th of April be rescinded. (hear, hear.) Mr ADDEELEY saw no reason why the Government should na adopt the amendment. But he should earnestly pro test against the assumption that P ar li ament were bound to print at the public r,dextpheantsethe everypamphl e t wr i tten by a heads of any dep ar t ment school inspector, a should not have a right to exercise control over the reports of their own officers. _ _ Sir G. Cili,EY said he was still of opinion that tha two subjects of inquiry—that proposed by the motion and that proposed by the amendment —ought to be kept wholly sepa. rata and distinct. Tt.e house divided— Fur the amen d men t Against it Majority The motion was then agreed to. CIVIL SERVICE ESTIMATES—PUBLIC EXPENDIT URE. On the motion for going into committee of supply on the Civil Service Estimates, Mr AUGUSTUS SMITH, in a long speech full of de tails, complained of the increase of these estimates, pointing out the increment under each principal head of expenditure, and asking for explanations. He hoped, he said, that the house would thoroughly examine these estimates, which, in his opinion, might be largely reduced. Mr F. PEEL said the house could hardly desire that he should follow Mr Smith through all the details of a speech which ho had no idea he intended to make. He confined himself therefore to a few replies to particular items, re serving his explanations upon the several votes till the house was in committee: After some desultory conversation, the House went into committee, when, after discussion, votes were agreed to for the following objects :—The royal palaces, public build ings, furniture for public offices, and royal parks and plea sure grounds. On the vote for the Houses of Parliament, Mr. GREGORY called attention to the inadequate re muneration of Mr. Herbert for the frescoes in the Peers' robing. room. He having changed his process and destr:, yed the result of a year's work at the suggestion - jr the late Prince Consort, the hon. member argued • ;flat the contract made with that gentleman ought to 1 13 set aside and a fresh arrangement entered into by ",Lich ho would be fairly paid for the execution of what , was really a very good work of art. Mr. Maclise "Lie thought, also had a claim to some further remun , : xtion, although he had declined to ask for it. He ad heard from Mr. Herbert that before he under took 4- .ne work his income averaged £l,BOO a year, and in ...Le case of Mr. Mediae it ranged between £2,000 and £5,000, while in one year it was as much as £B,OOO. It was true that, with the feeling of genuine artists, those gentlemen had their heart in their work, and laboured for the love of art itself ; but he did not think that that was a reason why the remuneration which they received from the State should be less than that which they could obtain from a picture dealer. (Hear, hear.) In conclusion, the hon. member men tioned that he had seen a letter in which Mr. Herbert was offered £l,OOO for one figure in his painting in the House of Lords, and hoped that the question would be considered by the Government. (Hear, hear.) Mr. B. COCHRANE said this was not a claim to be brought forward in forma pauperis. It was a claim of justice. Mr. Herbert had really under his contract not earned more than £350 a year, though his whole time was employed. It should be borne in mind that they were not paying for this fresco merely, but also for a great experi ment which has been quite successful. Mr. BRIGHT said he did not pretend to know anything about art, but when he beheld Mr. Herbert's painting he felt that he had not known till then that there was a painter in this country who could produce such a work. (Hear.) He was not in favour of the costly decoration of the Houses of Parliament ; but still, it their walls were to be decorated at all, let them be decorated in the best man ner, and in the manner which would be most lasting. (Hear, hear.) This picture was executed in a manner which bade fair to give it whatever might be understood by eternity in describing the duration of any work of art; and should not they behave honourably and generously and justly to the man who had executed a work which would to all future times attract hundreds of thousands of persons to that house? (Hear, hear.) He considered it would not be an extravagant, but a moderate and just consideration for Mr Herbert's claims, if he were to receive a sum of not less than £5,000 for the picture. (Cheers.) After a few observations from Mr C. Bruce, Sir M. Peto, and Mr F. S. Powell, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the atmosphere of a deliberate assembly of this kind was not perhaps the most fitting for the practical decision of a ques tion like the present. He did not grudge one word that had been said about Mr Herbert, but he wished all previous artists had received treatment as generous as that which Mr Herbert had received from that house. The duty of decorating the Houses of Parliament was referred to a com mission, by which it had been performed in a manner more satisfactory than it would have been if it had been trusted to the ordinary machinery of Government. What the Government proposed to do was this—there was a sum of £1,500 which was to be paid to Mr Herbert in addition to the sum of £2,000 already paid. The £1,500 would be paid as an instalment on account, but would have no refe rence to this particular picture, nor to any picture which he was about to paint, What the Government proposed to do, was to appoint a small commission of persons carefully selected, who would go into the whole question with refe rence to the contracts for what had been done, and what was to;be done, and advise the Government impartially, not upon one item, but upon the course to be pursued with regard to the whole, so that the merits of those artists might be considered together, and each of them receive an impartial reward. Lord ELCHO observed that the hon. member for Gal way had done justice both to Mr Herbert and to the House of Commons by bringing this question before the com mittee. He thought the question was a much larger one than that embraced in the proposal of the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Sir G. BOWYER urged the peculiar claims of Mr Herbert to consideration, as he had succeeded in producing something truly great. Mr C. BENTINCK said that he had the authority of Mr Herbert for saying, that unless the sum paid to him was made up to £5,000 ho would never put a brush to the wall again. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he was convinced that the hon. member was under some mistake in asserting that he had Mr Herbert's authority for saying that unless he received a sum of money over the price for which he contracted he would never again put his brush on the wall. (Hear, hear.) Mr HEY GATE called attention to the defective venti lation of the ladies' gallery in the House of Commons. There was no possibility of obtaining air except by opening a doer, which created a draught by which the ladies were almost blown to pieces. Mr COWPER promised that everything that could be done should be done to improve the ventilation of the ladies' gallery. Mr GREGORY said that he quite assented to the pro position of the Chancellor of the Exchequer. The vote was then agreed to, and the house resumed. RAILWAY COMPANIES' POWERS BILL. This bill was read a second time, RAILWAYS CONSTRUCTION FACILITIES BILL. This bill was read a second time. NAVAL PRIZE BILL. This bill was read a third time and passed. BREECH -LOADING RIFLES. In reply to Colonel DU NNE, The Marquis of HARTINGTON objected to the pro duction of the repot ts of the ordnance select committee on Storm's rifle, and other breech-loading rifles, on the ground that they were of a confidential character. BEER-HOUSES (IRELAND). Sir R. PEEL obtained leave to introduce a bill for more effectually regulating the sale of beer in Ireland. VACATING OF SEATS (HOUSE OF COMMONS.) Sir G. GREY obtained leave to introduce a bill founded upon the report of the select committee which had recently sat to consider the office of Under-Secretary of State, and to prevent more than four Under-Secretaries from occupy , - ing seats in that house. The bill was subsequently introduced, and read a drat time. The house adjourned at one o'clock. A QUESTION AS TO THE SUN.—The very natu ral question often arises, How is such au immense conflagration sustained ? And, considering the enormous emanation of light and heat, does not the sun ur.dergo some important diminution in volume ? Observation can not aid us in the solution of this.rnystery ; for if the sun were gradually consuming away at the rapid rate of two feet of surface matter in every day, it would be 3,000 years before the diameter of the sun would be decreased by a measurable quantity, It has indeed been suggested that the light may be generated by friction, or excited by elec trical discharges, rather than by the combustion of material fuel; but, with the present state of our knowledge, this can only be regarded as conjecture.—Once a Week. LIFEBOAT ►SERVICES. DROGHEDA, IRELAND, MAY 9.—During a heavy gale of wind this morning the schooner Maria, bound from Cardiff to Letterkenny with coals, carried away all her head sails and went ashore on the North Bull, Drogheda Bar. The lifeboat of the Na • tional Institution stationed at this port was at once launched to her assistance. There was a very heavy sea on the bar, but the lifeboat was fortunately the means of rescuing the shipwrecked crew of three men, who were afterwards brought safely ashore. The vessel has since become a total wreck. This valuable lifeboat has been instrumental during the past two years in rescuing the crews of the following wrecked vessels—Brig Minerva of Workington, 4; schooner Mary Anne, 5; s _hooner Gipsy of Drogheda, 4; and schooner Maria, 3. Total live. saved 16. Persons who have been in the habit of paying weekly as borrowers of Sewing Machines will do well to apply at once and become members of Messrs. Watts and Cer.'s SeWing Machine Clubs. By so doing they will not Only save the money they now foolishly throw away, but at the same time secure to themselves the possession Of one of the best and most celebrated sewing machines in the werld. Every in formation given on application ; or by letter addressed, with a stamped envelope, to Messrs. 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Mr. James Roberts, of Frini ley Surrey, of thirty years' diseased lungs, spitting„ of blood, liver derangement, and partial deafness : —Cure, No. 47,121. Miss Elizabeth Jacobs, of extreme nervousness, indigestion, gatherings, low spirits, and nervous fancies.—Cure, No. 54,816. lbe Rev. James T. Camisbell, Fakenham Norfolk, ' of indigestion a n d torpidity of the liver, which had. resisted all medical reatment. In tins, 11b, 2s 9d; 21b, 48 6d; 51b, 118; 121 b, 225; 241 b, 40 s . B arry du Barry and Co., No. 77, Regent-street, London ; also Fortnum and Mason; and all grocers and chemists in every town of the United Kingdom. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 13, 1864, Naval and Military Intelligence, THE NAVY. VALETTA, May 8.-Her Majesty's raadlewheel , Capt. IV. A rnly t age , ar rfrivigedatehel‘agrlefirceiennmTelU W tlis on the 6th inst., bringing news from that place of the sth, and the latest ac counts from Mehdia, and Stun, towns on the coast. Tto following foreign men-of-war were at Tau.;s on the sth. Prem.,he-The Algesires, 90, serevv liner (bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral D'Herbinghara .; the Redoubtable, 80, screw liner ; the Alexeiettre, 100, screw liner (this ship had just returned from a visit to ports on the coast) ; and the Meteor, paddle sloop ; the Cater, 4, screw slnp, was also cruising cn the coast. Italian.- The Maria Adelaide, 51, screw frigate (bearing the flag of Admiral Albini); the Duc de Genova, 34, screw frigate: the Magenta, 20, screw frigate; the Etna, 11, screw corvette; and the Sirene, 1, paddle sloop; the Garibaldi had gone to Susa. A Turkish corvette had also arrived. Two other Turkish vessels, the Feizi Bahri, 22, and the Peiki Cherif, 10, arrived at Malta yesterday, the former from Constantinople and Gallipoli, and the latter from Gallipoli and Athens, on their way to Tunis, on a special mission from the Sultan, in charge of his Excellency Hsydar Effendi, w h o i s accompan i e d b y three secretaries. The influence of the French is known to be very great in Tanis, and report says they have threatened to appoint Frenchmen to ad minister public affairs. The British Consul-Gene ral is no doubt very anxious to have the moral sup port afforded by the presence of a large naval force, and it is considered here not unlikely that the naval commander-in-chief in the Mediterranean may receive instructions to proceed to Tunis with the rest of his squadron. The Meanee, 60, Cap tain G. Wodebouse, was at Tunis, and the Pelican, 17, Commander H. T. Comber, was on a cruise visiting the towns on the coast. The Firefly, 5, Lieutenant-Commander G. R. Wilkinson, left Malta for Susa on the sth instant, and the Royal Oak, 25, ironclad, Captain F. A. Campbell, left yesterday, to assume the senior command. The Magicienne is completing coals and provisions, and will leave on return to Tunis as soon as ready. It is said that on no accoant will any force be landed from our ships, except in the case of the Consulate or British subjects being in actual danger or of a written requisition from the Bey. There is no news from Corfu. The Orlando, 46, Capt. G. G. Ran dolph, the Trident, 3, Commander P. J. Balfour, and the steam tender Growler, were there on the 2d inst. The Trident has this day arrived here. The Wan derer, 4, Commander M. P. Seymour, is at Patras. The Cossack, 20, Capt.lV. R. Rolland, is expected here to-morrow from Zante and Corfu, and will be relieved by the Liffey, 35, Capt. G. Parker, which will leave this on Wednesday. The Revenge, 73 (bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral H. R. Yeleerton, C. 8.), Capt. the Hon. F. A. Foley ; the Gibraltar, 81, Capt. J. C, Prevost, and the Surprise, 4, Com mander IV. H. Whyte, are at the Piraeus of Athens. The transports for the removal of the troops from the lonian Islands are expected there about the beginning of June. The Himalaya was to leave England on the 14th inst. for Malta and Corfu. The Tamar was daily expected at Gibraltar from the coast of Africa ; also en route for Malta and Corfu. The Orontes will proceed direct from England and Gibraltar without touching at Malta. The screw storeship Supply, 2, Master Commander Bawden, arrived at Gibraltar on the 2d inst., and has just reached Malta. The Racoon, 22, Capt. Count Gleichen, was to leave the same day to embark Prince Alfred at Marseilles, aid return with him to Spithead. The Procris, screw gunboat, Lieut. the Hon, J. Vivian, was at Gibraltar. The Caradoc, 2, paddle despatch boat, Lieut. Commander E. Wilkin. left the Pir,eus on the 2d inst. for Syra, Smyrna, and Constantinople. She has on board the Bishop of Gibraltar. At Syra his lordship will consecrate a church which has recently been built there., and at Smyrna and Constantinople he will hold Confirma tions. The Weser, 6, Commander Johnstone, and the Cockatrice, 2, Lieut.-Commander Gillson, have been ordered to Tenedos, where they will be met by the Gibraltar line-of-battle ship, in order that a Court-martial may be held on Assist.-Engineer First-class John Frazer, of the Cockatrice. Nothing has been heard for some time of the Phcebe, 35, Capt. T. D. A. Fortescue, and the Chanticleer, 17, Commander Risk; but by the last accounts they were on the Coast of Syria, all well. The Marl borough, 121, (bearing the flag of Vice-Admiral Smart, K.H.), Capt. C. Fellowes, will go out to morrow for a cruise and target practice. The Fox hound, 4, Commander IV. Anderson, will be ad mitted into the dry dock on Monday to have her bottom cleated. The Resistance, 16, ironclad, Capt. IV. C. Chamberlain, and the Psyche, 2, despatch vessel, Lieut.-Commander R. Sterne, are in port ready for sea. Lieut.-Col. Gubbins, who has been appointed Assist.-Adjt..Gen. in this garrison, in lieu of Col. - Willis, arrived hero last week, and assumed the duties of his office, Col, Willis has left for England.' The Icarus, 11-gun screw sloop, Commander Salmon, arrived yesterday at Spit head, from Malta the 19th ult., and Gibraltar the 28th. She sailed again for the eastward to pay out of commission. The Hector, iron frigate, also arrived yesterday at Spithead from the Downs. The Royal Sovereign turret-ship has been placed in the Warrior dock at Portsmouth, where she will probably remain for about three weeks, unless her services should be urgently required in the north. Yesterday Rear-Admiral George Elliot, accompanied by Captain Sherard Osborn, C.B. ; Mr. Andrew Murray, C.E., chief engineer of the dockyard ; Mr. Cradock, master ship wright, and other officials, went on bo ard the ship to examine the two after-boilers aad their b roken broken connecting pipes and the main steamp i pe in the endeavour to ascertain the exact cause of the accident to the connecting pipes during the preliminary trial of the ship on Tuesday la st, as re ported in The Sun of the following day- No posi tive decision was arrived at, but Admiral Elliot, Capt. Osborn, and Mr. Murray expressed their opinions that the accident arose from causes con• nected with the boilers alone, and totally irrespec tive of the ships's weakness or st ren g th, and the opinion was also expressed that th e shi p ha d not altered the least in her form, nor h ad the boil ers in their position. As, however, no cause was assigned for the breaking of the communications between opinions the boilers and the steam pipe, the given on Wednesday, although doubtles s entitle d to great weight from the position and pro fes sional know ledge of the y, gentlemen named , is onl y at present on a par with th e op i n ion expressed in The Sun of Wednesd a that the acc ident was owing to th e alteration o f th e f or m of the ships bottom caused by the con cen t ra ti on of the weight of the turret and gun, 113 t ons , i n a space c of e 8 nt feet. Lyin g gin dock or at anch or i n s till rnitigtht be to bear the full downward wa t e r this concentrat e d we i ght ac would have no injurious effect on a converted woo d en ship's bott om , b u t with the ship driven a h ea d b y a great vibratory pow upon that part of the s hi p 's bottom just underneath the turret, and quite sufficient to acco unt f or the er o f movement brought dislocation of the connecting pipes between the boiler and steam p ipe NI hen mechanical appliances are not provided to meet the strain. The damage to the pipes themselves can be repaired at little cost, and if the form of the ship has not been disturbed, there will be no occasion to interfere with the tur ret or boilers any further than restoring the com munications of the latter with the steam pipe in a better form than before. The affair, however, must be thoroughly investigated, and the accident ac counted for, not, a s we have already intimated, from the actual a mount of damage done, but from the importance which is attached to the danger of more serious results following upon any similar ac cident at any future time. In former notices of the Royal Sovereign ' attention was called to the feet that 4 wide band o f small vitreoua plates—i. e., thin iron plates coated on their exterior surface with fused glass had he-n applied round the ship at the water-line, with the intention of cutting off any connection between the Muntz metal of the ship's bottom and the armour-plating on her top sides, and thus preventing any repetition of such catas trophes as recently occurred to one of her Majesty's ships at Devonport. This band of plating was sur veyed yesterday and an extraordinary amount of galvanic action action was found to have been at work. This result could not be well surprising to any One, foi on and through the lower row of vitreous plates is nailed the upper edge of the metal sheathing, and both being submerged below the water line, a galvanic battery has been formed round the ship, and, as a matter of course, has produced the usual results. An official present pointed out that the action Which had been at work upon the vitreous plates was not galvanic, but electric, but he omitted to state the difference between the two definitions as relating to the platea under survey. These plates are made under a patented process, but it would be unfair to condemn the principle because the hull of the Royal Sovereign at the water line has been accidentally converted into a galvanic bat tery. Her Majesty's paddle-yacht Victoria and Albert, Capt. the Prince Leiningen, K.C.8., was taken out of Portsmouth harbour yesterday, and tested her engines and her now boilers. She is expected to proceed to Antwerp to bring over to England the Prince and Princess Louis of Hesse on a visit to her Majesty. The screw steamship Bombay, 67, Capt. Colin A. Campbell, flag of Admiral the Hon. Geo. 'Trey, left Plymouth Sound on Tuesday evening for her station in South America. It has been annnounced at Chatham that the ironcased frigate Enterprise, 4, 160 horse power, is to be despatched, as soon as she can be got ready for that service, to join the Channel squadron in the German Ocean, and orders have been issued for the officers and men belonging to that vessel, and now absent on leave, to join her forthwith. The following appointments have been made at the Admiralty :—Robert G. Webber, paymaster, to the Dauntless; Beaver Van Homrigh, master's assist., to the Duncan ; E. J. T. Behenna and C. F. Barnard, master's assist., to the Wolverene; Lieut. Sir Lambton Loraine to be flag lieut. to Rear Ad miral Hon. Josh. Denman ; W. E. L. Veale, pay master, to be secretary to Rear Admiral J. Den man; Thos. F. Hall, chief engineer, to the Wol- verene ; G. L. D. P. Keeling, engineer, to the Wol vereae ; John Smethers, first class assist. engineer, to the Wolverene; Edward Holmes and Nicholas H. Rowe, acting second class assist, engineers, to the Cumberland; Richard Irwin, acting second class assist. engineer, to the Wolverene ; and Lieut. D. T. J. Macnamara to her Majesty's ship As surance, fitting out at Devonport. The Rhine Bridge at Coblenz, COBLENZ, May 10. There have been grand doings here this last week on the occasion of the opening the new bridge across the Rhine, connecting the Cologne and Mayence with the Nassau State line. The bridge itself is a light and elegant structure of three iron arches resting on stone piers, highly creditable to the taste of the joint designers, Geheim-Rath Hartwig and Ban-Rath Schwarz. In England, where the open. ing of a railway bridge is of such common occur rence that the very mention of it is probably con fined to the columns of a local paper, it is difficult to understand how such an event can be made the occasion of a fete of such magnitude, to be graced by such august presence ;—but they do things differently in Prussia. The Queen arrived a week ago. Coblenz is her favourite residence, and is deeply indebted to her for varied acts of considerate munificence. Tne beautiful gardens, extending more than a mile along the banks of the Rhine, and with which no other Rhenish town can com pete, originated in her liberality and taste. The king arrived on Sunday night. Coblenz was illu minated in honour of the august arrival. To say it was a spontaneous ebullition of loyalty would be simply ridiculous. The good citizens were " ine vited" by circular to light up their houses, and everybody knows what an " invitation" means nu der a despotism. Many houses, however, owners of which had nothing to dread from official frowns, were conspicuous by their darkness. Of course, in a town where every other inhabitant is a functionary of some kind or other, and where the illuminating power is a small tin saucer of fat with a wick stuck into it, such a demonstration is to be got up at any time at a few hours' notice, especially where the Burgomaster is subservient to the powers that be. On Monday the day's proceed ings were, of course, inaugurated by a grand parade, in which every available soldier in the garrison took part. The rain which had fallen all night subsided at the right moment, and the whole affair was very effective. The Queen was present in an open carriage with her daughter, the Grand Duchess of Baden, the consort of the most liberal and therefore the most popular of the smaller German sovereigns. After the parade the event of the day was ac ccomplished in the usual way by the King and Queen in person, accompanied by the Duke of Nassau, who, as the proprietor of one of the lines now united, had a kind of vested interest in the proceedings, but between whom and his powerful neighbours there seemed to be no sort of cordiality whatsoever. After the ceremony there was a banquet. A very unsightly pavilion had been erected on three enor mous barges moored together on the river immedi ately contiguous to the bridge, 500 guests were invited, who did justice to the fare as only Germans can. The landlord of the Giant Hotel was the pur veyor on the occasion, so nothing mo.e need he said in praise of the repast. Uniforms largely predomi nated, but not all military. To the inquiry, " Who is that General with cocked hat and epaulettes?" the answer was, "He is an assessor." " That Field Marshal ? "He is a Regierungsrath." " That stout functionary resplendent in green and gold'" "He is Ober-Forstmeister," "And he, above all, in enormous cocked hats trimmed with feathers and goid, with rows of decorations on his breast, with a coat bedizened with lace that it must be irksome to carry ?" " He, good honest man, is 0 ber-Prasi dent of the Rhine province, who though dressed like a generalissimo, is a civilian and a man of peace." At 4 o'clock there was a dinner at the Palace to the creme de la creme ; at 7 a reception to those not creme de la creme ; and in order that the reception might be as comprehensive as possible, the invita tions were issued by the Ober-Prasident. At 9 there was a display of fireworks, better than which may be seen nightly at Cremorne, but Cremorne lacks the background of Ehrenbreitstein, which was lit up for the occasion with blue and red fire, while a fiery shower fell from the entire length of the new bridge. Amid the general profusion the town, either nig gardly or forgetful, omitted to make the bridge of boats, from which the spectacle was witnessed by a great crowd, free to the public, the consequence of which was some severe injuries in the crush inevi table at the toll-gateS. This morning the King leaves for Berlin; the crowded hotels will soon dis gorge themselves, and Coblenz will be left to its garrison and the English tourists, who generally make their appearance with the cuckoo. PRESENTATION TO A CAPTAIN.—At the Sailors' Home, Liverpool, yesterday, the chairman of the Local Marine Board presented, on behalf the Portuguese Govern ment, an elegant tray of solid silver, bearing a suitable engraved inscription, to Capt. F. Williams, of the screw steamer Charente, fur services rendered about 18 months ago in towing a disabled Portuguese man-of-war to a place of safety, and reporting the same at Lisbon. THE HOP CROP IN SUSSEX.—Throughout the various hop-growing districts in Sussex the mild rains that have fallen during the past week, followed as they have been by genial sunshine, have had a very beneficial influence upon the hop plantations. In a few places the flea had made its appearance, but the rain has served to clear the plant in those places where it had been attacked. The bine shoots out vigorously, and has a very healthy look. The work of tying is now being actively pushed forward, and it may be said that everywhere the hop-gardens have a most promis ing appearance. [ADvEnTisEmENT.]—Holloway's Ointment. —Soundness i renewed.—Any indolent ulcer or chronic sore should m mediately have this excellent unguent applied to it in the manner pointed out in its accompanying directions. For thoroughly cleanAing a diseased or brok en skin, and for rousing its poisoned vessels or depressed nerves to healthy action, nothing can sure ass Holloway's well-known Ointment. It strikingly shows its power when applied to the " old man's ulcer" which settles on the leg and often becomes most intractable under the ordinary treatment, though no case has yet withstood this cooling and healing salve. The troublesome swellings preparatory to most ulcerations of the legs are likewise reduced by the dilige n t applications of Holloway's unguent , by giving strength to the weakened circulation through the capillaried, SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. TMEr..—That a gentleman holding the office of Chancellor of the Jaxchequer with extraordinary distinction, having sat for 30 years in the House of Commons, and having held 19 years ago the teals of the Colonial-office, should yet make such a speech as was delivered by Mr. Gladstone on Wednesday last, is a thing so strange and so startling that we can scarcely yet realise the full importance of the event. Had Mr. Gladstone been followed by a keener logician than Mr. Whiteside he might have received very serious damage in the course of the debate. Mr. Whiteside has the real Celtic vigour of onslaught, but also the Celtic want of persis tence and perseverance. He flies from subject to subject, and loses in force what he gains in brilli ancy. But Mr. Oladetone suffices alone and un aided to prove how great is the mistake he has made. The step, however, hasty as it may have seemed, had been long premeditated, for Mr. Gladstone had announced some time ago to a deputation of work ing men his intention to say a word on the ill-treat ment they have received. They have every reason to be content with him. He has gone beyond their utmost expectations, and argued their case on prin ciples which leave them nothing to desire. His freedom does not " widen slowly down from prece dent to precedent," but possesars herself at once of asformula which leaves the one side nothing more to fear, and the other side nothing more to desire. He has found the simplest solution possible for a very difficult question. Men have perplexed themselves very unnecessarily about the francise. One school has ransacked ancient and modern history, has pried into every constitution and investigated the history of every popular Government, to find out the rules which led to the prosperity of States. Another has dived into the deep recesses of human thought, and sought to evolve from our most abstract cone ceptions, by a process of unerring logic, the doctrine of the Rights of Man and the principles of Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity. Mr Gladstone has a short way of dealing with all these thinge. In the hands of this consummate rhetorician the rights and destinies of the human race for all time to come re• solve themselves into a question of the burden of proof. Here is a man who claims the franchise. His appearance is not brilliant; although his ex terior is not prepossessing. Ordinary prudence would seem to say, " Before we admit such a person to a share of what is really the supreme power in this country, had we not better institute a little in quiry ? Had we not better try to ascertain what use he will make of the power which he seeks ?" " Not so," says Mr. Gladstone, "for this would be to put the burden of proof on the wrong side." Old-fashioned politicians used to think that, before you altered a system admitted to act well and to inspire confidence, the burden of proof was thrown upon you to show that such alteration was needed and that the plan proposed would do some good; but now, unless you can convict the suspicious looking person we have mentioned of some crime, or prove that political danger will arise from his ad mission, the burden of proof is thrt;wn on those who want to keep him out, not on those aho want to let him in. He is morally entitled ti 3 come within the pale of the constitution if he has signed an Ads dress speaking civilly of those above him. Persons entertaining such sentiments are fit to discharge the duties of citizenship, and he is entitled to ad mission to the discharge of those duties. Under the wand of our enchanter the whole aspect of society in this country is changed. We had dreamt of an England made up of a society rising by distinct and well-marked gradations from its base to its summit, each part discharging its destined functions without envy and without discontent, with absolute personal freedom, under an equal law, divided between thinkers and workers, between the owners and producers of wealth, with all that inequality be tween man and men which is the necessary result of unrestricte 1 freedom. At a tap of Mr Gladstone's wand we awake to a very different scene. We have got Equality instead of Liberty. Mr Gladstone opens oar eyes, and we see that we are naked. The great mass of mankind are deprived of their right—the right of governing their country,whether they are fit to govern it or not. If they are not dis contented they ought to be, for the burden of proof is on those who would exclude them from the fran chise, and against them no proof can possibly be ten dered. What a glorious discovery, that a whole nation is kept in slavery without knowing it, and that people who imagine themselves to be very well treated by those under whose government they live are really suffering daily the most cruel depriva tion ! It is their nature, Mr. Gladstone says —and the whole history of strikes illustrates the truth of the remark—to follow their superiors, to confide in them, and to think well of their conduct, instead of being disposed to go together as a class. Mr. Gladstone does his best to cure the working classes of these amiable weaknesses, by pointing out to them that the franchise is not a thing to earn as a distinction, but to claim as a right; that, instead, of raising themselves to it, the duty of the Govern ment is to bring it down to them ; that the true point of departure is universal suffrage ; and that proof is to be required before any objection can be allowed to this just, expedient, and all-pervading rule. Mr. Forster, a fervid disciple of this new dis pensation, seems to have some glimpse that what has happened must cause a redistribution of parties. Mr. Gladstone's speech, he says, may be injurious to the Government, but it will be of great advan tage to the Liberal party, and, by way of illustrat ing his meaning, he rather arrogantly suggests that Mr. Marsh, who seconded Mr. Cave's motion, should cross the house and join the ranks of the Conservatives. He rejoices to have got, instead of the cautious and moderate management of Lord Palmerston, a really Liberal leader, whose heart is in the business, who takes his stand on the Rights of Man, and shrinks from no conclusion to which the doctrines of Equality may conduct him. This is the first symptom of that redistribution of parties which must sooner or later follow upon Mr. Glade stone's outspoken adhesion to the doctrines of the most extreme Democracy. Mr. Forster has every right to speak for the Radicals; but we know not whence he obtained the right to constitute himself the representative of the historical Liberal party of this country. If he supposes that party to be a convert to the principles Mr. Gladstone has an nounced, he will find himself grievously mistaken. There are, we believe, a majority of the supporters of the present Government who take the very broadest distinction between Liberality and Democracy, and who oppose themselves to these levelling doctrines, principally because they fear that under an Assem bly elected by anything approaching to universal suffrage consistent, liberal, and enlightened govern ment would be impossible. We venture to predict that the great mass of the Liberal party will resist this attempt to drag them into an ultra-Democrati cal movement ; that, highly as they prize the great public services and the commanding eloquence of Mr Gladstone, they will seek for leaders who will, at any rate, be content to walk in the paths of the Constitution, and to abstain from administering those dangerous aliments to popular turbulence and vanity which have often raised the men who applied them to power, but have invariably consigned the nations which swallowed them to ruin. POST.—The meeting held on Wednesday, at Bur lington House, to take into consideration the posi tion and prospects of the London University, resulted in a statement which, upon the whole, must be regarded as highly satisfactory. Poorly endowed, having no prestige of age, relying almost entirely upon fees derived from its graduates, the University of London has managed to hold its own very hon oujably, without descending to any of those mean ness„ by which certain universities of long stand ing have :ought to replenish their exchequer,. to ent of their own fair fame. There the disparageu: politan university, no truck has been, at the nt.." tr° no meretricious vending of ling to incapacity ; didates. In every de diplomas to unworthy cat: ese ly partment the London degrees rt: nkidmerits rved high ; is that of and not amongst the least of its doctorate of . i the es t a blishing a baccalaureate and :dates for sc ience, by the acquisition of which ca ne. university honours, apart from arts anu so-called learned professions, may gratify the. r laudable desire legitimately and honourably ; all pretext being removed for the acquisition of these spurious German doctorates of philosophy, which, if granted to non-residents, cannot be otherwise regarded than as disgraceful to university and gra duate alike. It is a somewhat remarkable, and at the same time very gratifying fact, that, according to !he statement of Earl Granville, the Chancellor —although the cu rriculum of study has imposed new studies from time to time, and enhanced the difficulty of examination in subjects previously esta blished—the number of candidates has gone on in creasing. The first effect of any accession of diffi culty, Earl Granville said, was to lessen the number of candidates for a short season; but presently a reaction was found to set in, and the number very much increased. In 1857 the total nnmber of can didates for all examinations was four hundred and thirty-nine. In 1863 they were one thousand and twenty; or two and one-third times as many. Of course, as the noble Chanc e ll or rem arked, this in creaseis partly attributable to the increased num ber of examinations ; but, as he also pertinently observed, the progr ess o f th e University of London is specially marked by the increase of matricula tions, and the larger proportions who proceed to degrees in the respective faculties. This will be made evident from the following considerations. In 1857 the candidates for matriculation were two hundred and sixty-six ; in 1863 their number had risen to four hundred and eighty-five, or almost double the number. Then,egain, the number who went on to the B.A. examination were, in 1857, seventy-five; in 1863 they were one hundred and , fifty-three or more than double. Au equally satis factory increase made itself a pparent in every faculty and every degree. Nor, as the noble chair man (the Chancellor) further remt.•rked, were there wanting other gratifying circums tances to be re garded as touching the status of the Universi t y of London. Thus, for example, there .`s this very year a Cambridge senior wrangler who as member of the metropolitan university, this being toe sixth. time that honour has been conferred; moceovar, not only a senior wrangler, but a second !Ind , third, both graduates of the London Univerx ity. Consideration of these most gratifying state ments will, we feel assured, beget a sympathetic public feeling relative to the unsatisfactory part of Earl Granville's report. The London Univer sity, high in honour, may be compared to a soul without a body, having hardly a local habitation or a home. In this respect its condition is much to be pitied, and is hardly creditable to a nation so we althy as England, and so addicted to the practica in every occupation and relation of life. The vory existence of a metropolitan university distinct fro ro. University College in Gower-street, which during• many years arrogated to itself the name, remains unknown to the majority not to say of Englishmen. but of Londoners. This, assuredly, is an unadvis able state of things, and should be remedied. Well might the noble chairman say that in his opinion it is a reflection on the administrative powers of tl:e country that such is the position of the University after it has been now for more than a quarter of a century established, created as it were by the Crown, at the express desire of the Legisiature, having. strenuously maintained the principles upon which it began its career, and exercised a profound influ ence upon the whole Education of the country. It appears that with respect to providing a site—a home for the University—the Council some time ago put themselves in communication with the Chief Commissioner of Public Works, whose response was encouraging. It appears, moreover, that the arcbia tect of that department is now in communication. with the registrar, so that before many seesions have gone by it may reasonably be hoped that the University of London will not be under the neces— sity of seeking lodgings for itself as heretofore. In reference to this scheme, Earl Granville stated. something about architectural pretensions, which is rather calculated to beget the fear lest some mem bers of the University may have been making too much in their own minds of mere ornamental acces sories. We hope not. These things are always de sirable under the condition that they are within one's means. What the University of London wants is a building plain, commodious, expansive, like itself ; so constructed that it may be capable of adornment at some future time. COUNTRY MARKETS. BIRMINGHAM-THURSDAY. There was a limited supply of English wheat to-day, and to effect sales a reduction of 6d to is had to be sub mitted to. Barley nominally unaltered. Oats, beaus, and peas were at our quotations, but very little business doing. —English wheat was sold at 408 to 44s for white, and 368 to:42s per 36 atone for red. Barley, new malting, 308 to 38s per qr ; grinding, 24s to 28s Oats, old, 22s to 30s per 30 stone; Irish, 18s to 245. Beans, 34s to 40s per qr. Peas, 32s to 42s per 36 stone. BURTON-ON-Ti ENT-THURSDAY. Old white wheat-425 to 45s I G.'d red, wheat, to 4 38 New do. ..415 to 45s New do. 36s to 408 Malting bar1ey....325 to 36s Oats.. 19s to 288 Grinding d0.....275 to 30s Beans 365. to 428 MANCHESTER-THURSDAY. A very limited attendance at our market to-day, and English wheat met with a limited sale, at prices somewhat about previous quotations. Flour also met with a slog demand. Oats and oatmeal inact;ve, at late prices. Both English and Egyptian beaus ruled firm. Indian (torn ra ther lower. BRI ST OL—T English wheat in good supply this morning, and sold slowly at the currency of this day week. Foreign head , and prices for the most part nominal. In Larleys aga! , ' more doing at fully late prices. In oats no alteration 111 value, with a slow business. Peas is per quarter ad' vauce. Beans and maize 110 We EDINBURGH GRAIN—MAY 11. To• day there was a fair supply of grain, which sold at is per qr uader last week's prices. Wheat on the top Os 6d up average Os 9d doviroa Barley on the top 3s Od down average Os 2d ()owl" Oats on the top Us 6d up ... average Os 4d J o wl]. Beans on the top 2s 6d up .,..average is 4d up. Average Prices. Wheat 37s bd I Oats. Barley 3os Od Beans 3lB Total Supply and Sales. Wheat ...1314 qrs Sold 1081 qrs 8ar1ey........ 553 qrs Sold 248 qrs Oats Beans lO7 qrs Sold 107 qrs Flour sells as follows :—Whites, 38s Od ; extras, 36s Od ; superfine, 34s Od ; line, 32s Od. Foreign Mail Packet List, MAILS DUE. Australia and Mauritius, via Southt mpton May 19. via Marseilles May 1 ?' Brazil anti Cape Verds, by British packet June a• Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena May 29. ( , China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southanipton.May i.!,' via Marseillits May l''' Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampto n.. May I ,"' --via Marseilles ..... May I :'' India (Bombay), via Southampton .. .. May 1 ,3 ,. via Marseilles ..May 2 " P0rtuga1.......... Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton via Marseilles .... :.• l ‘ 3,j i lu a" .l l, l l: Newfoundland Oporto and Vigo U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet.... May - .._ 'by U.S. packet.... 1, by Canadian packet.MaY J., 0 , W.C. of Africa, Madeira, and Teneritle .. Bahamas, via New York .. Jun o Mexico .. All parts of West Indies, including Chili, Peru, i )1,,y 1 1 . California. and British Columbia orf THE BUILDING TRADES OF BIRMINGIfAg- -b . — ii strike has not yet terminated. On Wednesc l % evening the committee of the Master Builders' Assoeia tiQ h ' . received deputations from the operatives in each bran ° t i At the commencement of the business the masters 11) 11 '; mated their readiness to comply with one demand mad e the men, as to their leaving off work at 4 o'clock on Sa o ; day. The carpenters were offered 26s 6d per week, t b :, 1 1 1 , demand being 275. The delegates, atter consulting their fellow workmen,announced that this offer was n ot 0 cepted, and an intimation was given that as the master s 13 : 1 , conceded so much they might as well give the other 3 % The mascns desired to commence work at 7 in the morri'ljo instead of 6, but the masters were unwilling to give ni ) t o r principle of all the trades beginning work at the sarael 3 f d t —they therefore offered the deputation 6d. extra for thei.; hour of the day, from 6 to 7, with the option of begio li r o at either hour. This offer was declined. Th e bricklaY'o were offered 28s. per week during the eight summerrae at x i (they asked for 305.), and their present ra t e , 27 8 , per ic e :d during the four winter months. This offur was also re os as was also ono made to the plast erers o f 265. 6d. a W ' ' fi e c , The labourers were offered 18s. per week, which vi a ' s „,if' cepted. With regard to overtime the offer was, from P fo B past 5 to 8, as the usual rate of wages; after that boor ' te ll and a half. These terms were refused. The carp e 1 00 9 have instructed their delegates to refuse a ny offer tha t "- not include the full demand. A PRETTY PLAIN HINT.—An Irish baronet at , hit upon a clever idea for the prevention of agrarian ° ef t rage. His bailiff was threatened, whereupon he the tenantry that, in the event of the bailiff being PI itf he should raise their rents by the amount of a life at ) D' to his widow. This is nearly as good as the device 0 ' 'i v ; other landlord, who, threatened with death for claii 3) ;ll some rent, called his tenants together a n d rea d o ut his ' o i c l r , leaving his entire property to a Scotchman. 11 0 stood his countrymen, and is alive yet. Births. 14° 1 ' BROKE.—On the 11th i ns t ., a t 4, Chesterfield. stree t, ' lair, the wife o f H orace Broke, Esq., of a son, A 0e 0 : ii:EXCMING.—On the 11th inst., the wife of Ricliar',os ll Esq,, Bentley Ma nor , Worcestershire, of s' ter. tba HILLS.--00. the 11th inst., at The Bank, CranbroaPf wife of Edwin Hills, Esq., of a son, Marriages. JONAS—WERE —On the 11th inst., at Babrahan2:o_,, Carter, eldest son of Mr. Samuel Jonas, of C';, Grange, to Louisa, youngest daughto: of the e pr Jonas Webb, of Babraham. s WOODwARD—HAYES. — Il On the 10th inst., at iti e l ioti s o of the Mano r elf pf r G u eo x r tgo e n, G n o e w ar er K W id o d o e d r s na va in rd st , E er, B t g o " Matilda LonisZ i 4., ' surv i v i n g daught4r of the late George Hayes, nab:Bowen. .I° llll "'' Deaths. CocK.—On the 11th inst., at 18, Rodney-street Edward Cuck, Etwi , aged 48. EMANUEL.—At 21, Inverness-road, Dr. Leonard Em 6 , aged 29. (31fur FYLER.—On the 10th inst., at Kingston-grove, - shire, the Rev. Frederick Fyler. 4; 0 PETERS.—On. the 10th inst., at Felminghanb Edwin Peters, aged 70. oc opf ST. LOSKY.-0a the 11th inst., at 47, Clifto n-0 Maida-vale, Samuel St. Lackey, Esq., aged 4 8 • co ltic WHATELY.—On the 10th inst., at Brook Lodge, 5:V,,,e4 hill, the Rev. Thomas Whately, rector of CL'e ,to Shropshire, aged 91. WOOD ASS.--On the Bth inst,, A. , at Croydon, - Woodmass, Esq., aged 03. London: l'rfrizecl and Fr .hushed by WILLIAIII Ao - ,f) ..;H:). of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at 1 iiE Suer 09 10 e ; 4 9 Strand, n the Precinct of t he the v° - Dliiilll.,lsex,—Friday, !day 13, 1864.